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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2012 3:07:09 GMT
I have just joined the forum and sorted out my tenkara outfit, not the tackle of zen tenkara but a10ft telescopic whip, £1 from a local discount tackle shop, about 10ft of 30 year old double taper mill end and a mono leader. Pracice casts (do tenkara anglers cast? ) show the outfit presents well so now just got to wait till March 1st and get some well hackled dry flies.(I would like to know how to use wets with this technique)
The water quality in North Notts is very high , the rivers were very polluted but deindustialisation and the closure of the mines has led to improvement, most ditches round here hold some fish, usually wild browns, chub and some specimin gudgeon.
As I am totally new to tenkara and very keen to learn I would appreciate any advice forum members can offer. As well as small stream fishing I would like to try it from my canadian canoe.
tight lines to you all
paul
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Post by custheyder on Feb 28, 2012 10:20:57 GMT
Yes indeed Tenkara anglers do cast and have a wide range of casting techniques to better present their flies in difficult places. Overhead, side, various spey and roll casts can be used along with the bow and arrow technique.
I'm interested to know if with your setup you can keep the line off the water so only the tippet and fly are on or sub surface?... if so at what range?
Can't help you with the canoe business, but I would suggest watching the various you-tube videos on Tenkara fishing. They explain not only the technique but also a little river craft for locating fish.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2012 11:29:36 GMT
Yes indeed Tenkara anglers do cast and have a wide range of casting techniques to better present their flies in difficult places. Overhead, side, various spey and roll casts can be used along with the bow and arrow technique. I'm interested to know if with your setup you can keep the line off the water so only the tippet and fly are on or sub surface?... if so at what range? Can't help you with the canoe business, but I would suggest watching the various you-tube videos on Tenkara fishing. They explain not only the technique but also a little river craft for locating fish. Cust. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2012 11:33:26 GMT
thanks for your reply i think in the streams i will be fishing on the direct contact should be ok but i don't mind if it gets messy i still have lots to learn. If i end up a dapper or a tenkara dappy hybred it will not matter because no one else will see. I note you are from the isle of man which much be a paradise my experience will be much more urban/industrial
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Post by custheyder on Feb 28, 2012 13:34:14 GMT
The Isle of Man is a beuatiful place to live, but we have no greyling. That means there is a true closed season when the rivwers are out of bounds for fishing. It's at those times we go a little stir crazy and look for other things to do.
The main Douglas river splits into the Dhoo and the Glass at the National Sports Center. Just below the junction pool it flows past the power station. At the NSC it is channelled in concrete one side around the running track. The other is a narrow stream with sharp sided grass banks. The swimming pool and sports complex looms over it. Very open for Tenkara fishing though it is a little more "urban" than most of our water.
Dapping is one of the many techniques available to a Tenkara fisher, but by no means the only technique. hope you get to try a Tenkara rod sometime, so you can make the comarison. I think you will find, if you'll excuse the pun, they are "poles" apart. Good luck and tight lines, no matter how you choose to fish.
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